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Few creative figures have had the local and global impact of Lloyd Reynolds, Oregon’s only Calligrapher Laureate, whose holistic view of design has influenced generations of local calligraphers and image makers, poet Gary Snyder, Apple’s Steve Jobs, and local politics and economy in ways this program will reveal. Brought to you by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. http://ochcom.org (the sound is a little messed up in the beginning of this video, but settles down)
Topics: calligraphers, calligraphy, lloyd reynolds, oregon
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1963) and Sometimes a Great Notion (1964), Ken Kesey’s initial books, made his reputation. A University of Oregon graduate, he studied with Wallace Stegner at Stanford, with a stellar cast of fellow students including Wendell Berry, Ed McClanahan, Larry McMurtry, Robert Stone, and long-time collaborator Ken Babbs. Anticipating the April 4 world premiere of Aaron Posner’s stage adaptation of Sometimes a Great Notion at Portland Center Stage, speakers who...
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Topics: kesey, pranksters, lsd, oregon, portland, on the bus, ochcom, hippies
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With John M. Gogol, Charles Seluzicki and Walt Curtis All too few know of the remarkable links between dissident poets of Eastern Europe and nations worldwide and several enlightened publishers here in Oregon. For some two decades Mr. Cogito, a press based at Pacific University in Forest Grove, co-edited by John M. Gogol and Robert A. Davies, published exceptional poets in translation whose voices were being stifled in their own lands. These writers’ delight at being read beyond their borders...
Topics: Cogito, oregon, portland, poet, poetry, history
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Charles Erskine Scott Wood was a Renaissance Oregonian; author, soldier, attorney, and involved in the politics of his time. This is a discussion of his life and work, brought to you by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. http://ochcom.org The elder gods are dead -- But still there shall be gods. Dogwood delicately uplifts a sacrament; Purple and yellow violets embroider a shrine. Even now a wren is praying, Unseen and at a hidden altar.
Topics: Charles Erskine Scott Wood, portland, oregon, chief joseph
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Vi Gale was a Portland, Oregon, publisher and poet. This is a celebration of her life, brought to you by the Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, http://ochcom.org. Speakers include Walt Curtis, Barbara Drake, Anita Helle, Lawson Inada, Lars Nordström, Carlos Reyes, Vern Rutsala, Ralph Salisbury, Peter Sears, Kim Stafford, Lisa Steinman, Primus St. John and Ingrid Wendt.
Topics: poet, portland, oregon, publisher, ochcom, cultural heritage commission
